Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me," has died.

Gore died of lung cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, according to her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson.

Brooklyn-born and New Jersey-raised, Gore was discovered by Quincy Jones as a teenager and signed to Mercury Records.

In the last few years, she performed at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency in New York and, along with Ronnie Spector and LaLa Brooks, headlined the "She's Got the Power" concert outdoors at Lincoln Center in 2012.

Gore is survived by her partner in addition to her brother and mother. She was 68.

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